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Help Preserve a Kinship Placement

$300.00 still needed

Request: #241529 • Urgency: High • Demographic: Child-Centered Request • City: North Hills • State: California • Zip Code: 91343 • County: Los Angeles • Submitted By: DCFS-LA WSFV

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The youth is currently placed in the home of a non-related extended family member, where he feels welcome and supported. The caregiver has taken in this youth to prevent him from going into foster care, as the youth has experienced multiple losses. The youth is in need of a portable air conditioner for the room he is currently staying in. The apartment does not have central A/C and only has a single unit in the living area. CSW has seen caregiver provide the youth with emotional stability, genuine interest in the youth’s academic success, and providing for his basic necessities. The caregiver has been able to provide for the basic needs of the youth, but this unexpected expense for an air conditioner is difficult for the sole provider of the home. The main reason I am requesting this need to be fulfilled is because it will allow the youth to be comfortable in the home during these hot summer days, it also reduces the stress for the caregiver in having to provide this item are caregiver’s finances are strained. Due to the location of the apartment within the building they are not allowed to have a window-unit AC and are requesting a portable one to vent at the window. DCFS does not provide this item. The estimated cost of the portable air conditioner being requested is around $300, some links are provided as well.

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Window/Portable AC Unit

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Shepherd Church@Shepherd Church Life Group Community
Shepherd Church • 1 mi • 91343
Cross Culture Church
Cross Culture Church • 1 mi • 91325
Congregational Church of Northridge
Congregational Church of Northridge • 1 mi • 91325
Cecilia's and Ted's Life Group
Shepherd Church • 2 mi • 91325
Grace Community Church/Cornerstone@Northridge Bible Study
Grace Community Church • 3 mi • 91325
The Church on the Way
The Church on the Way • 3 mi • 91405
Grace Community Church
Grace Community Church • 4 mi • 91352
Reseda Blvd. Church of Christ
Reseda Blvd. Church of Christ • 4 mi • 91335
Valley Metro Church
Valley Metro Church • 4 mi • 91324
Lift International
Lift International • 5 mi • 91326
NewStory Church@Porter Ranch/Granada Hills Small Group
NewStory Church • 5 mi • 91326
Restored LA
Restored LA • 5 mi • 91311
Shepherd Church
Shepherd Church • 5 mi • 91326
The Mount Bible Church
The Mount Bible Church • 6 mi • 91306
Sylmar Christian Fellowship COGIC
Sylmar Christian Fellowship COGIC • 6 mi • 91342
Winds of Hope Ministries
Winds of Hope Ministries • 6 mi • 91352
YWAM Los Angeles
YWAM Los Angeles • 7 mi • 91342
Shepherd Church@Kathy Alonzo
Shepherd Church • 7 mi • 91311
Bel Air Church
Bel Air Church • 7 mi • 90049
Clint Johnson's LifeGroup
The Church at Rocky Peak • 7 mi • 91304
NoHo Church
NoHo Church • 8 mi • 91601
The Church at Rocky Peak
The Church at Rocky Peak • 8 mi • 91311
West Valley Christian Church
West Valley Christian Church • 8 mi • 91307
Providence Church San Fernando Valley
Providence Church San Fernando Valley • 8 mi • 91304
NewStory Church@Burbank and South Pasadena
NewStory Church • 9 mi • 91504
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